I sat in the front seat, where your nose bleeds and I watched every game
i am tattooed with your anger / finger prints inked / into my flesh
For those who have suffered from violence of any kind. Written 31 May 2009.
A pocket full of tissues / is what you said / Watch out little lady / or you’ll end up dead!
what would be the subject matter of nursery rhymes today…. Domestic violence, a dirty little secret and its very hard to escape. Society portrays DV to be something that happens to women, not men. It was definitely not something I was expecting to experience as a male. Shameful as society thinks it is to be a man and be a victim of DV, I am not the only man to experience it. In writing this, I risk people I dont even know, thinking that I am weak and less of a man than the next person on the bus! I need to say that gay men are not always faced with DV or other negative situations, I say good luck to those that have seen smooth sailing. However generally gay men are at risk of: family rejection, school beatings, ostracising by the community for misrepresenting the stronger sex, ha! / And alas, attempted and achieved suicide. Then to find your romantic ‘saviour’ to be as violent if not more so, than the enemies outside of your love relationship – you wonder if you are worth anything at all. This trilogy for me is cathartic I know, self indulgent probably, uncompromising I hope so, healing I pray so. . .
I live next door to two drunks.
break teeth cut jagged / soon you forgot I was human at all / spot weakness / crack ! / I wore your foot / your vicious words / your hand
Number 2 the things i felt…....... Domestic violence, a dirty little secret and its very hard to escape. Society portrays DV to be something that happens to women, not men. It was definitely not something I was expecting to experience as a male. Shameful as society thinks it is to be a man and be a victim of DV, I am not the only man to experience it. In writing this, I risk people I dont even know, thinking that I am weak and less of a man than the next person on the bus! I need to say that gay men are not always faced with DV or other negative situations, I say good luck to those that have seen smooth sailing. However generally gay men are at risk of: family rejection, school beatings, ostracising by the community for misrepresenting the stronger sex, ha! / And alas, attempted and achieved suicide. Then to find your romantic ‘saviour’ to be as violent if not more so, than the enemies outside of your love relationship – you wonder if you are worth anything at all. This trilogy for me is cathartic I know, self indulgent probably, uncompromising I hope so, healing I pray so. . .
“Molly’s Song” My Dear Little Molly, / you so love / your daddy….
For Molly, and placed in the “I’ll Sing You A Song Challenge” in the Domestic Cats Group.
Domestic Cats For featuring “Kitty G”! / !http://images-2.redbubble.com/img/art/backing…
You’ve done it again / I smile. 5.06. The end
This poem is about the devestating climax to domestic violence using the anagram of a song. This poem, however has the ability to be interpreted in different ways by different people’s experiences affected their judgment of the poem. Think about it.
Self-inflicted suffering / Shroud myself in misery / I’ll drink away the pain / But only if you’ll let me
another slightly confronting work…I have witnessed/experienced domestic violence firsthand and thus I believe it to be an issue that is necessary to shed light upon and bring to attention/discussion…remember, art imitates life etc…..
He screams over madness that silently creeps / Through a night without windows where everyone sleeps / Through the longest of nightmares t…
...there was an anguished cry from my next-door neighbour…
Sometimes it can be tough, having so many people living inside the same head…
The Green Man was where we met. / You said, “I feel like getting drunk”. / The Green Man was where we split. / You said my kisses made you w…
“The opposite of love,” so it’s said, “is not hate. The opposite of love is indifference.” Well: whatever it is, this is not a poem about indifference.
I see you watching me; yon mottled dust, / Must I fight thee in a duel?
Another “Robbie Burns” type piece. Comedic and entertaining, I wrote this after my boss had asked me to clean out a disgutsing storage room. Instead I sat and wrote…and well, learned my lesson by the end.
Fist smacks chest, I double over. / Pulls my hair, wrenching me up once more. / Imprints his thumbs and fingers bones / Into my chin and ch…
Hanging out the washing – the magic of sheets in the breeze
She had recently discovered the key to his gun cupboard and options flooded forward in line with that sawn-off Winchester.
Inspired by revenge, domestic violence and gender politics. / Should she or shouldnt she?
Amid his intoxicated anger, / like an ebony volcanic haze – erupted; / insanity strikes, trust disolves. / Quaking, as an army of strewn del…
No person should experience the wrath of anothers anger… all of us are equal in this world. To use power of strength and violence over another merely shows a weakness and inability to communicate with other beings as is needed. Help is needed for the person demonstrating such rage as much as the person being violated. No abused person should feel wrong about seeking assistance to get out of such a situation….sadly many don’t ask when they can, and pay the next time with theirs or anothers life, bringing further pain to those around them and leaving more scars on those who would have been saved from such. If you are in this situation or know someone who is …for the sake of all, please…please get help quickly! You will be surprised how much help there is and how many people will understand and in reality be thankful you are safe….I know, I’m lucky, I survived and so did my children; you can too!
In the ghastly spirit of celebrating All Hallow’s Eve the Domestic Art Group is hosting a Masquerade... Come join us by entering this…
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More fragile than oldest antique, / dirtier than history itself, / angrier than stormiest night; / more delicate than frost in the hand, / I’...
“Hello I’m heeeeeeeeeeeeere” !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminated-print/size:small/view:pre…
If you are bent on self destruction / You don’t get to destroy me too
Many women find themselves in abusive relationships. This work is for them. This week in Sydney a woman was murdered in her workplace by her estranged husband. Later that same day he took his own life in the family home.
There’s no room in my life for violence
Women often become involved in controlling, abusive relationships. This work is for them. This week in Sydney a woman was murdered in her workplace by her estranged husband. Later that day he took his own life in the family home.
It takes courage / And strength to escape / To leave and finally be left alone / But the rewards really are great, your sanity / And a life t…
Many women find themselves in abusive, toxic relationships. This work is for them. Last week in Sydney a young woman was murdered in her place of work by her estranged husband. His body was later found in the former family home.
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